Box insert



Dec. 1', 1925. 1,563,369

A. W. HUYETT BOX INSERT Filed Dec. 1921 Amos uve'l oz v @"omcaj' Patented Des. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES AMOS W. I-IU'YETI, OFREADING, ZPENNSYLVANIA.

Box INSERT.

Application filed. December To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Aims W. l-lnyn'r'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box Inserts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boxes having inserted platforms or frogs to divide the interior into irregular shape for the accommodation of the contained articles, .such as stockings or the like, and it consists of a folded blank of improved construction adapted to facilitate its insertion in the box, properly position it therein, and maintain it against displacement or distortion, as fully set forth and described in connection with the accompanying drawing, the novel features being specifically pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a box with the lid removed, and having my improved folded insert in place therein.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a cross-sectional View, on the line 33 of Fig. 1, of the folded insert removed from the enclosing box.

Fig. 4c shows the blank insert spread out flat.

The container box indicated in the drawing is of usual rectangular shape with a bottom 5, side walls 6, 6 and end walls 7, 7 and is commonly provided with a corresponding lid portion, not shown; and the inserts indicated are adapted to conform the box as heretofore for the reception of stock ings. The end platform or frog 10 is preferably formed, as shown, as a separate insert, though the blank therefor may, if desired, and as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4, form a contiguous piece with my improved blank and be cutwith the latter in one operation.

As shown in the drawings, my improved folded blank comprises a fiat base portion 15 with platform extensions 16, 16 on each side thereof connected to said base by vertical spacing members 17, 17, and having downwardly bent loose outer-wall-contacting flaps 18, 18. The platforms 16, 16 preferably extend beyond the base 15, as shown, and are provided with flaps forming tap- Z, 1921. Serial No. 520,514.

ering end closures 19, 19 for the respective platforms, upturned locking flap extensions 20, 26 of said end closures engaging inturned extensions 21, 21 of the outer wall flaps 18, 18 to retain the end closures in position. The closure for the opposite ends of said platforms is provided by a box-endtitting upturned base portion 22 as shown, which latter when contacted with an end wall 7 of the container box accurately positions the base with its side platform extensions bearing against the sidewalls 6, 6 of the box, facilitating the introduction of the folded blank and supporting the platforms against displacement or distortion. The in sert may be loosely placed in the box or secured therein, as by pasting, if desired, the end closure 22 acting to always maintain and position the platforms or frogs 16, 16.

lVhat I claim is:

A blank for forming a box insert comprising a substantially rectangular body portion having a single free edge and pro vided at its opposite sides with foldable wings of greater length than the body portion, each wing having astraight side edge and one straight end edge, the other end edge of each wing being cut to provide an outwardly extending flap, and aninclined combined tongue and tab, the combined togues and tabsof the two wings converging toward each other and extending inwardly beyond the inner fold lines of the wings so that the tabs lie just beyond the free edge of the body portion, and a substantially rectangular end flap integral with one end of the body portion and of slightly greater length than the width of the body portion, each of said wings being adapted to be folded to form side members of inverted U shape in cross section, each tongue being adapted to be folded to form an inclined vertical wall of its associated side member and the tab of that tongue being adapted to occupy said side member, each of said flaps being also adapted to be bent within the side member with which it is associated and to abut against the folded tongue. i

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

AMOS W. HUYETT. 

